LJ is deleting and purging inactive accounts including communities in which there have been no posts for 24 consecutive months, and journals whose owners haven't logged in for 24 consecutive monthsThough I get why they're doing this, I'm pissed off. What happens to all of the journals of people who have died, or who stopped posting one day and ( Read more... )

Via mzrowan's news post:

Scholastic asks author to censor book, refuses to include it in their book fairs because one of the characters has two moms. The author, thankfully, is standing her ground on that point, but she did take out words Scholastic deemed offensive ( Read more... )

Someone has absconded with two of the three pumpkins from our front porch. I AM NOT AMUSED.

ETA: Bought replacements and have hidden them. *glares at neighbourhood*

This guy is exactly why The Handmaid's Tale should be mandatory reading. He is completely missing the point: in fact, in missing the point, I think he highlights it. (The comments are largely reassuring, too, that we've come a long way since, say, the 80s -- see past posts about my own experience being in high school while the local bluenoses tried ( Read more... )

http://www.mormonsstoleourrights.com/

The text of this is not entirely to my liking, but I agree with the intent -- frankly, I hope that more churches lose their tax exempt status as a result of their election shenanigans.

Today I woke up thinking "I'm going to garden! Hurray!"

Went outside to take the boo to preschool. Took a wee peek at the front garden to think about what I wanted to do first.

"Hmm. Something's missing. What... wait a minute. There's a hole-- SOMEONE STOLE ONE OF MY ROSES!"

Some local dipwad dug up and carted off my Martin Frobisher! In full ( Read more... )

Wow.

That makes the whole situation even more disturbing and angering. And, as the author notes, it's doubtful we've seen the end of this... :(

(ETA: the link above now points to her longer article at GJ, as -- you'll have noticed -- posting on LJ can be problematic of late. The GJ link has been updated and clarified.)

Between wank and deletion panic (and hey, panic away, I don't blame ya), it's like LJ went nuts ( Read more... )

Baby boom needed now, says Rosie DiManno.

Yeah. I'll get right on that. When I have more money, more time, a bigger house...

I'd like to think she's being tongue-in-cheek, but I can't tell. I'm feeling ranty, and I want to e-mail her, but what's the point?

( What. The. Hell? )